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GREAT! I get back from Queensland Thursday night and decide to go for a small drive with the mrs on friday night, i'm going down a really quiet street doing 60 and the mrs informs me its 50 so i slow down, then about 500 metres down and round a bend we pass a cop, he has a glance at me as i go past then decides to turn his lights on and pull me over and here i am going 'Oh Shit'!

Well i ended up getting defected for BOV and turbo timer.

the problem is being a BOV i have to go to regency, now my car isn't really modified but i've been told that the car has to be virtually standard or your screwed so do this mean i have to put stockies back on instead of the 18's? standard suspension even though mine is above legal height? and my exhaust though it isn't very loud!

I'm worried!

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You won't need to change the suspension if it isn't adjustable and is of legal height.

You will need to change the wheels - can get by with 2 sizes above stock, meaning 17s are ok but not 18s.

Should be ok with the exhaust if it isn't too loud.

And of course you will need to get rid of the BOV and turbo timer.

A turbo timer is illegal because there is some law that doesn't allow a car to be running while not attended - thats what i've heard anyhow.

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A turbo timer is illegal because there is some law that doesn't allow a car to be running while not attended - thats what i've heard anyhow.

yeah and in the unlike happenning of a rollover ur car will still run with a turbo timer, therefore clasified as dangerous and not ADR compliant

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The turbo-timer rule is absolutely rediculous, as I am yet to see a turbo timer that won't engage unless the handbrake is fully on - meaning if you had an accident the car would just shut off anyhow. But try and explain that to the cops ....

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To ALL,

Arent std wheels 16" and therefore 18" would be legal provided the correct offset and tyre size is used,and dont start up the debate about adj suspension---adj coil over suspension is legal by the adr's and many cars come with them std and are adr approved and hence registerable!

Regards,

SKYLINE (Kym)....

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GREAT! I get back from Queensland Thursday night and decide to go for a small drive with the mrs on friday night, i'm going down a really quiet street doing 60 and the mrs informs me its 50 so i slow down, then about 500 metres down and round a bend we pass a cop, he has a glance at me as i go past then decides to turn his lights on and pull me over and here i am going 'Oh Shit'!

Well i ended up getting defected for BOV and turbo timer.

the problem is being a BOV i have to go to regency, now my car isn't really modified but i've been told that the car has to be virtually standard or your screwed so do this mean i have to put stockies back on instead of the 18's? standard suspension even though mine is above legal height? and my exhaust though it isn't very loud!

I'm worried!

Thats rubbish, your allowed up to 18in wheels and as long as suspension isnt adjustable thats ok too. Exhaust should be ok if not to loud.

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Be sure to take a very close note of how well they check out the motor that is sitting under the bonnet.

It will no doubt come in handy at a later date.

I've got the engine stand also. I have only just got all the gyprocking, flushing and sanding finished and we have moved back in. :)

Everything is still a mess and slowly being unpacked. :D

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sorry to say that isn't true Kym. Just ask the plethora of people who have been told to either weld them in position, or get rid of them before Regency will pass them. I know for a fact that Soarers with air bag suspension have no hope of getting through. What Aus delivered cars have adjustable suspension?

Tons of people, including people on these forums, have had the big thumbs down from Regency for adjustable suspension. It is the same theory as a boost controller or turbo timer - you can't just turn them off to go through Regency - in fact if you even have any of the wiring looms or any part thereof they will not pass you. Regency figure that if you 'can' lower your car after you leave, then you will. It's a load of bs, but they are the rules.

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How do all the Soarers and Nissan Cimas with Airbags get through then, I have seen them around registed. It would be alot of bother to pull it out for regular suspension and refit it.

I know of a couple people that have got throught with Turbo timers, they are just not switched on and hidden away.

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I quized regency a little while back regarding using my daily driver at Mallala.

1. big loud exhaust.. Its perfectly legal to drive around on the street with a silencer attached.

2. adjustable suspension is legal providing it is set to stock height.

3. The cross-over pipe, bov & associated piping, piping between the turbo and afm must not be modified at all. Only pipe work that is allowed to be modified is before the cross-over pipe that goes to the ic. You are allowed to fit a fmic providing it doesn't protrude lower than the bumper and you do not cut any of the body to make it fit.. i.e GTR style on a GTST

4. pod must be attached firmly and not be oiled, if oiled it MUST be in a box.

Thats what I was 'told', we all know that what one person down at regency states may be a totally different story when the time it comes to be inspected.

Especially if the bloke inspecting the car is one of those knobs that shout out pssshhhtt or turbo's suck as they walk down the road with a beer in one hand.

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sorry to say that isn't true Kym. Just ask the plethora of people who have been told to either weld them in position, or get rid of them before Regency will pass them. I know for a fact that Soarers with air bag suspension have no hope of getting through. What Aus delivered cars have adjustable suspension?

Tons of people, including people on these forums, have had the big thumbs down from Regency for adjustable suspension. It is the same theory as a boost controller or turbo timer - you can't just turn them off to go through Regency - in fact if you even have any of the wiring looms or any part thereof they will not pass you. Regency figure that if you 'can' lower your car after you leave, then you will. It's a load of bs, but they are the rules.

To ALL.

Some of the euro up market cars come fitted with coilovers,however two that do come to mind are the ss bullet roadster,and the dodge viper both are registered in aust after complying with our adr's.The trouble with regency is they tell you that and every one believes them and no one challenges them to be shown the particular adr that states that adjustable suspension is illegal.What i can tell you is that welding,drilling to lock your suspension is in fact illegal and regency are breaking the law in telling you to do so!Also what are you to do when your springs sag after about 15 months and you go below the legal ride height- with conventional susp you would have to throw it away however with coil overs you can reset the ride height back to your original settings.This also has advantages when corner weighting your car for perfect handling and balance-you adj the corners of you car to differerent heights to produce a more even weight on each corner(incl allowing for the drivers weight in the drivers seat!)Every engineer ive seen interviewed has stated that it does comply with the adr's,regency is simply trying to bluff you because that's what tim ireland wants.

Regards,

SKYLINE (Kym)... :bs!:

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